examples/towers-structure.ss
#lang scheme/base

(require (planet williams/inference/inference))

(provide (all-defined-out))

;; Example Inference Model

(define-struct ring (size peg)
  #:inspector (make-inspector))
(print-struct #t)

;; Towers of Hanoi from Artificial Intelligence: Tools, Techniques,
;; and Applications, Tim O'Shea and Marc Eisenstadt, Harper & Rowe,
;; 1984, pp.45
;;
;; The rules of the game are: (1) move one ring at a time and (2)
;; never place a larger ring on top of a smaller ring.  The object
;; ive isto transfer the entire pile of rings from its starting
;; peg to either of the other pegs - the target peg.
(define-ruleset towers-structure-rules)

;; If the target peg hld all the rings 1 to n, stop because according
;; to game rule (2) they must be in their original order and so the
;; problem is solved.
(define-rule (rule-1 towers-structure-rules)
  (all #(struct:ring ? right))
  ==>
  (printf "Problem solved!~n"))

;; If there is no current goal - that is, if a ring has just been
;; successfully moved, or if no rings have yet to be moved - generate
;; a goal.  In this case the goal is to be that of moving to the
;; target peg the largest ring that is not yet on the target peg.
(define-rule (rule-2 towers-structure-rules)
  (no (move . ?))
  #(struct:ring ?ring (?peg (not (eq? ?peg 'right))))
  (no #(struct:ring (?ring-1 (> ?ring-1 ?ring))
                    (?peg-1 (not (eq? ?peg-1 'right)))))
  ==>
  (assert `(move ,?ring from ,?peg to right)))

;; If there is a current goal, it can be achieved at once of there is
;; no small rings on top of the ring to be moved (i.e. if the latter
;; is at the top of its pile), and there are no small rings on the
;; peg to which it is to be moved (i.e. the ring to be moved is
;; smaller that the top ring on the peg we intend to move it to).  If
;; this is the case, carry out the move and then delete the current
;; goal so that rule 2 will apply next time.
(define-rule (rule-3 towers-structure-rules)
  (?move-assertion <- (move ?ring from ?from to ?to))
  (?ring-assertion <- #(struct:ring ?ring ?from))
  (no #(struct:ring (?ring-1 (< ?ring-1 ?ring)) ?from))
  (no #(struct:ring (?ring-2 (< ?ring-2 ?ring)) ?to))
  ==>
  (printf "Move ring ~a from ~a to ~a.~n" ?ring ?from ?to)
  (replace ?ring-assertion (make-ring ?ring ?to))
  (retract ?move-assertion))

;; If there is a current goal but its disc cannot be moved as in rule
;; 3, set up a new goal: that of moving the largest of the obstructing
;; rings to the peg that is neither of those specified in the current
;; goal (i.e. well out of the way of the current goal).  Delete the
;; current goal, so that rule 2 will apply to the new goal next time.
(define-rule (rule-4 towers-structure-rules)
  (?move-assertion <- (move ?ring from ?from to ?to))
  (peg (?other (not (memq ?other (list ?from ?to)))))
  #(struct:ring (?ring-1 (< ?ring-1 ?ring))
                (?peg-1 (not (eq? ?peg-1 ?other))))
  (no #(struct:ring (?ring-2 (< ?ring-1 ?ring-2 ?ring))
                    (?peg-2 (not (eq? ?peg-2 ?other)))))
  ==>
  (replace ?move-assertion `(move ,?ring-1 from ,?peg-1 to ,?other)))

(define (solve-towers n)
  (with-new-inference-environment
   (activate towers-structure-rules)
   ;(current-inference-trace #t)
   ;; Create pegs.
   (assert '(peg left))
   (assert '(peg middle))
   (assert '(peg right))
   ;; Create rings.
   (for ((i (in-range 1 (+ n 1))))
     (assert (make-ring i 'left)))
   ;; Start inferencing.
   (start-inference)))

(solve-towers 6)